Emerging mobility technologies have the potential to provide transformational benefits for cities, with successful integration requiring focus on smart urban planning, long-term investment and use of the latest solutions, according to Masdar’s report launched at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW)
Roads
The AfDB inks agreement for road projects in West Africa
The AfDB and the European Commission have signed five co-financing agreements totaling US$776.41mn to support road infrastructure projects in West Africa
The AfDB approves US$107mn for a road between Burkina Faso and Niger
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted around US$107mn to to finance the construction and the rehabilitation of a 218 km road section linking Burkina Faso to Niger
New ISO standard aims to reduce mining accidents
With an aim to understand the precise factor of mining accident and to take preventive measures, ISO technical committee on mining (ISO/TC 82) has developed new ISO 19434 that gives each accident a code to classify them by type and by cause and consequences
NDDC commissions US$10mn roads projects in Nigeria
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has commissioned a number of road projects in Delta state worth US$10mn, which include the Tebu-Gbokoda road in Olero Creek community, Udo-Ajamita road and drainages, Ireto road in Sapele and Uloho Avenue road in Ughelli